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December 5, 2011

Books for sale! (Want to buy a book? See instructions for buyers at the bottom of this post.)

Prices are for book only. Additional shipping and insurance costs to be calculated based on buyer's location. Order 2 books pay same shipping.

1. Acadian Odyssey, Oscar William Winzerling,Louisiana State University Press; First Edition (1955). Price: $100 REDUCED! PRICED TO SELL AT $50

This hard cover book is in really good condition. The previous owner
used a red pencil for check marks in a margin here and there,
"Maryland" with underscores of names in the index. No dust jacket.

Content: Exile without end; The Acadian Exiles in England; Nivernois Rescues the Acadians in England; Nivernois Rallies the Acadians in the American Colonies; Acadians Appeal to Louis SV at Compiegne, 1772; The Acadian Colony of the Grand' Ligne; Disillusioned Acadians, 1777; Peyroux de la Coudreniere; Aranda Acieves Removal of the Acadians, The Seven Acadian Expeditions to Louisiana; The New Acadia in Louisiana. 224 pages - Condition: Good because of markings - otherwise, very good.

2. The Founding of New Acadia The Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana 1765-1803, Carl Brasseaux, Louisiana State University Press 1997-01 (1997). Price: $50

This hard cover book is in very good condition.No dust jacket.

Content: Children of the Frontier; Dispersal and Survival; Acadians in
the Middle Atlantic Colonies; Frontiersmen in Feudal France; Allons a
la Louisiane: Aadian Immigration 1765-1769; Acadian Settlement Patters;
From Barachois to Bayou: The Metamorphosis of Acadian Culture In
Spanish Louisiana; Acadian Anticlericalism; Cultures In Conflict:
Acadian-Creole Relations; Red Men and Refugees: Acadian-Indian
Relations; The Rise of Slavery in New Acadia; and much more. 229 pages -
Condition: Very Good

This is a First Edition with grey hard cover. Title is printed in Gold lettering. Considering the age of this book it is in very good condition.

The Acadian Reminiscences is a word painting of the life of the
Acadians in the Teche Country in the long ago. The plain, simple
frugal life of these people, their devotion to principle, their unbound
faith in the goodness of God, their love for each other during all
their misfortunes and perilous wanderings, appeal to the heart. The
simple pathos of the grandmother's story comes to us with such
consummate art, that the eye unwittingly grows moist, as the reader
follows the journeyings of this little band, self-exiled and noble in
their poverty, from desolated homes on the bleak Acadian coast, to
their final destination in the hospitable valley of the Teche. . . .
With them [the Acadians] we hear in their peaceful Acadian homes the
first war-cry that startles the country, and shudder at the near
approach of the cruel and merciless foe. We hope against hope that God
or man will interfere in their behalf-till the dreaded day dawns, on
which they must decide whether or not they will be true to their God,
their King, their country, lose all and become wanderers on the face of
the earth; or sacrificing these, supinely yield to Britain, and
continue to live at ease and in plenty in the homes of their youth, and
till the soil hallowed by the graves of their forefathers. When these
issues were presented to them, much as they loved their homes, and the
land that gave them birth, they cried out with one accord: No, no a
thousand times! Sacrifice our religion, our King, our country? No, let
ruin, desolation, despair, let death overtake us, we cannot, we will
not give up those. And so the die was cast. In the utmost haste
valuables were gathered together or thrown into wells, objects of spoil
were destroyed, and they themselves applied the torch that soon
reduced their beloved village to ashes. In the darkness of the night,
lighted only by the lurid glare of their burning homes, they left their
devoted St. Gabriel forever. -Andrew Thorpe from the Introduction. 107 pages - Condition: Very Good

4. Along The Shores of Saint Mary's Bay The Story of a Unique Community Volume I: The First Hundred Years,J. Alphonse Deveau, Sainte Anne University Press/Imprimerie de L'Universite Sainte-Anne, Church Point, Nova Scotia (1977). Price: $50

This blue soft cover book is a first edition signed by the author. The first 16 pages have sustained a bit of water damage before I purchased it but the text is intact.

Contents: Topography, Climate, and Soil; Toponomy, or Origin of Place Names; The First Inhaitants of Saint Mary's Bay, the Micmac Indians; The First Acadian Settlers of Saint Mary's Bay; The Pre-Loyalist English Settlers; The Loyalist Settlements on the Shores of Saint Mary's Bay; The Post-Loyalist Settlements on the Shores of Saint Mary's Bay; The Economy of the First Hundred Years; Family Life Along Saint Mary's Bay; Everyday Life along Saint Mary's Bay Area; Diary of Francois Bourneuf; The Great Fires and Other Disasters; Bibliography. 165 pages - Condition: Good

6. Missing Links Of A Lost Chapter in American History, Volume II, Edouard Richard, Home Book Company, New York (1895). First Edition. Price: $125

This greatly desired book by Acadian researchers was written by an Acadian who was an ex-member of The House of Commons of Canada. The previous owner was a priest who signed his name and year he obtained the book. The map in the front of the book is a bit loose as are a few pages but as a whole the book is intact.

Content: The author begins with the Deportation of the Acadians and takes us through their years of exile ending with a letter from Jean Baptiste Galerme to the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s
and before, as is this one, are now extremely scarce. I considered myself extremely fortunate when I was able to purchase this book quite a few years ago. 384 pages - Condition: Good

9. This Is Caraquet Its history Its people Its tales, J. Antonin Friolet, Self published (1994). Price: $25SOLD

Beautiful paperback cover. This is an interesting that has been written and published in both English and French.

Content: Foreword; The Old Lost Road; First Glimpse; About Caraquet; Its People; The Acadian Village; The Laughing Frenchman; Tears of Acadia; An Epic Journey; Wild Flowers; Murder on the Island; The Caraquet Riot; Voyage in the Night; Burnt Fingers; The Lady in the Snow; Tragedy Strikes; The Fisherman's Day. 105 pages in each language. Condition: Excellent - New

In paperback with photo of the Cheticamp church on the cover. Father Anselme was well known for promoting all things Acadian. He once worked at the Centre d'etudes acadiennes at U Monctonand since he passed away the centre is now known as the Anselme Chiasson Centre.

Partial Content: Dawning of Acadia and the English Conquest; Geographical and Political Positions of Cheticamp; Founding of Cheticamp before and after the Deportation; Economic Life etc.

If your ancestors came from Cheticamp, this is the book for you. 316 pages - Condition: Good

Content: From the back cover: In the 1750s, the present New Brunswick / Nova Scotia border was a
fortified camp as the British and French vied for Acadia. Fort
Beauséjour guarded the rich fields that Acadian farmers had cultivated
for generations, and it secured New France’s crucial overland route from
the Atlantic to the North American interior. Fort Lawrence, in plain
view only three kilometres away, asserted the British counterclaim. In
June 1755, after a brief siege, a combined force of British soldiers and
New England volunteers captured Fort Beauséjour. The Siege of Fort
Beauséjour, 1755 tells the story of the fort and its defeat. When
Beauséjour fell, so did Acadia and, within a few years, New France. This
campaign determined the fate of the region, precipitated the
Deportation of the Acadians, and changed the destiny of the entire
continent. The Siege of Fort Beauséjour, 1755 is the third volume in the
New Brunswick Military Heritage Series.109 pages - Condition: Excellent - New

For each book, I list a sale price that covers the cost of the book ONLY. In addition to
this price, the buyer will pay the shipping and handling costs as calculated by
the seller. (Note that handling costs cover the cost of shipping supplies.)

HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER

Email luciemc@acadian-home.org
with the name(s) of the book(s) you wish to purchase AND your mailing address
(so that I may calculate shipping costs accurately). Requests will be filled in
the order received. If you were the first to respond requesting a book, you
will receive a return email confirming this.

POLICIES

First come, first served. Whoever emails me first with a
request will receive an email confirmation from me, followed by an invoice.

Prospective buyers who are unsuccessful in their requests
will not receive a personal email back. Instead, please check the book list; if
it is marked “sold” but you did not receive a message from me, it was sold to somebody
else.

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RESTRICTIONS

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Buyers who reserve a book but do not submit payment within 7
days of invoice will lose their reservation and the book will be relisted. At
the seller’s discretion, buyers who reserve books but do not complete the transaction
may be ineligible for future purchases.

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Born and raised in Massachusetts to an Acadian father and French-Canadian mother, I have been working on our family history for many years. I began with my mother's side of the family when I was about 11 years old. It was a long time before I knew my father was Acadian. I love knowing my heritage. It gives me a wonderful sense of who I am.
After all these years, you can imagine how many books I have purchased for research. I've decided it is time to part with some of these precious research materials - thus the creation of this blog "Lucie's Book Nook".
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